Class Selection Assignments Clause Samples

Class Selection Assignments a. Seniority List 1. At least fifteen (15) days prior to the first day of class(es) the College shall publish a department/discipline seniority list. The Federation shall receive a copy of this list as soon as it is published. This list shall rank the full-time Faculty members of this discipline according to the number of years of discipline grouping seniority. The published list shall be in chronological order with the names of full-time Faculty members and the number of years of department/discipline service, beginning with the Faculty member with the longest tenure and ending with the full-time Faculty member with the least tenure. Should the problem arise that more than one (1) Faculty member has the same number of years seniority, this problem shall be resolved by listing full-time Faculty members in question alphabetically, according to the surname listed as of the date of the most recent hire. Each semester, this alphabetical arrangement shall rotate so that each Faculty member first shall eventually have his name appear first on the list among those with equal seniority. The following semester the Faculty member whose name appeared first shall be placed last among those with equal seniority. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, any layoffs shall be implemented according to Article XXVI, Reduction of Staff, on a College-wide basis. b. At a discipline grouping meeting held within twenty one (21) days of the first rough draft of the schedule of classes, the appropriate Academic Administrator and her/his full-time Faculty shall jointly develop full-time Faculty assignments. These assignments shall be based on scheduling information as submitted by the appropriate Academic Administrator. Wherever possible, this information shall include all operative centers in the region, the anticipated number of sections to be offered and the proportion of classes to be offered in the morning, afternoon, and evening. This information will be available no later than May 1st of each academic year. The procedure listed below shall be followed in order to accomplish the above. All classes canceled and subsequently re-added or all new classes added shall be offered to Faculty for selection. c. The full-time Faculty member whose name appears at the top of the discipline grouping full-time seniority list shall select two (2) classes from the listed schedule of classes he wishes to teach. d. The criteria for inter-departmental/area teaching assignments, to comp...